Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants

Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants

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Created by Tom Szekeres • Updated On: September 6, 2014

Jay Rayner: "How to sum up a decade's shameless eating in just 20 restaurants? (…) I've written about well over 500 and gorged in a whole bunch more out of plain greed." http://t.szeker.es/16KG6Zz

Polpo is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

1. Polpo

7.5
41 Beak St, Soho, Greater London
Italian Restaurant · 168 tips and reviews

AskMenAskMen: Owner Russell Norman has branched out on his own & the result, quite frankly, is remarkable: a hole-in-the-wall that has cool, understated interiors & some of the best food in the city. Read more.

The Seahorse is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

2. The Seahorse

8.0
5 South Embankment, Dartmouth, Devon
Seafood Restaurant · 6 tips and reviews
Restaurant Sat Bains is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

3. Restaurant Sat Bains

7.0
Lenton Ln, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
English Restaurant · Dunkirk and Lenton · 8 tips and reviews

Colin C.Colin Campbell: Most amazing place. Order the wine package to go with the taster menu

Quo Vadis is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

4. Quo Vadis

8.0
26-29 Dean St, Soho, Greater London
Restaurant · 54 tips and reviews

ThrillistThrillist: Hit this elegant, wood-floored besottery from 5:30-6:30 PM daily for "Oyster Hour" offering half a dozen pearl-factories, plus a glass of Champagne, all for a tenner. Read more.

Amaya Restaurant is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

5. Amaya Restaurant

8.9
Halkin Arcade (Motcomb St), London, Greater London
Indian Restaurant · Knightsbridge and Belgravia · 212 tips and reviews
The Yorke Arms is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

6. The Yorke Arms

7.6
Ramsgrill-in-Nidderdale, Harrogate
Restaurant · Pateley Bridge · 4 tips and reviews
Champignon Sauvage is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

7. Champignon Sauvage

7.6
24-28 Suffolk Rd, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
French Restaurant · 4 tips and reviews
Barshu is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

8. Barshu

7.3
28 Frith St (Romilly St), London, Greater London
Szechuan Restaurant · Soho · 51 tips and reviews
The Kitchin is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

9. The Kitchin

8.3
78 Commercial St, Edinburgh
Scottish Restaurant · Leith · 32 tips and reviews
The Fat Duck is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

10. The Fat Duck

8.4
High St, Bray, Berkshire
Molecular Gastronomy Restaurant · 55 tips and reviews
Hawksmoor Seven Dials is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

11. Hawksmoor Seven Dials

9.0
11 Langley St, London, Greater London
Steakhouse · City of Westminster · 322 tips and reviews
The Wolseley is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

12. The Wolseley

8.9
160 Piccadilly (Arlington St), London, Greater London
Modern European Restaurant · Green Park · 552 tips and reviews
Tayyabs is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

13. Tayyabs

8.3
89 Fieldgate St (Myrdle St), London, Greater London
North Indian Restaurant · Whitechapel · 416 tips and reviews
Sportsman is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

14. Sportsman

8.9
Faversham Rd, Seasalter, Kent
Pub · 23 tips and reviews
The Company Shed is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

15. The Company Shed

8.8
129 Coast Road, West Mersea, Essex
Seafood Restaurant · 17 tips and reviews
The World's End is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

16. The World's End

7.4
60-61 London Rd, Brighton, East Sussex
BBQ Joint · 17 tips and reviews
The Anchor & Hope is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

17. The Anchor & Hope

8.2
36 The Cut (Waterloo), London, Greater London
Gastropub · London · 74 tips and reviews
L'Anima is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

18. L'Anima

1 Snowden St (off Worship St), London, Greater London
Italian Restaurant · Hackney · 45 tips and reviews

Joseph S.Joseph S: Awesome restaurant. Brilliant service. If it's your first time, try the Sicilian rabbit. It's divine.

The Walnut Tree Restaurant is one of Observer Food Monthly's 20 best restaurants.

19. The Walnut Tree Restaurant

8.1
Llanddewi Skirrid, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
Restaurant · 7 tips and reviews

20. Sushi Tetsu

8.6
12 Jerusalem Passage (St John's Square), London, Greater London
Sushi Restaurant · Clerkenwell · 35 tips and reviews